Bloomberg Law
Jan. 9, 2017, 1:23 PM UTC

Wake Up Call: Nearly 50 Big Law Attorneys Advise Trump on Transition

• BP has promoted its top U.S.-based lawyer, Eric Nitcher, to be its global general counsel, taking over from the departing legal chief Rupert Bondy. ( The Lawyer )

• President-elect Donald Trump is getting advice for his transition from nearly four dozen Big Law attorneys who come from a wide range of legal backgrounds. ( Am Law Daily )

• Six men forced into slavery as boys to harvest cocoa pods have asked a U.S. court to allow their suit against two of the world’s biggest chocolate makers, Nestle SA and Cargill Inc. Allowing the U.S. suit over alleged abuses overseas would reverse years of precedents won ...

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